COGS1
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Introductions
Course overview
Grading criteria
Sections
www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~creel/COGS1
People
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Sarah Creel (me)
Your TAs:
Cara Buck
Matt Leonard
Melanie Tumlin
Your IAs:
Karen Lee
Ashley Juniper
Office hours
to be
posted
soon
Course overview
• Brain!
– Elman, Nitz, Pineda, Poizner, Stiles, Chiba,
Jernigan
• Behavior!
– Creel, Nuñez, Deák, Johnson, Kirsh,
Hollan
• Computation!
– Yu, Todorov
Grading
• Two midterms (25% each) and a final (35%)
– Multiple-choice
• Section participation (12%)
– Mandatory (but only if you want a good grade)
– Quizzes in section (6 of them)
• Experimental participation (3 hours + 2 EC)
– Or 3-5 short papers (due last week of class)
– Sign up at experimetrix2.com/ucsd
FAQs
• Where is the book for this course??
– There isn’t one--you’ll read a short article for each speaker,
downloaded from the website.
• What do we do in section?
– Talk! Interact! Debate!
• Can I attend a different section than the one I signed
up for?
– Only if you have a class conflict.
• Professor Creel, what are some of your pet peeves?
– People walking in 15 minutes late.
– Texting in class.
– Students who don’t attend class asking questions via email.